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Thyroid function in psychosis following childbirth
D E Stewart1, A M Addison, G E Robinson
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|December 1, 1988
Postpartum thyroiditis has been suggested as a cause of psychosis following pregnancy. However, 30 hospitalized psychotic postpartum women and 30 control subjects matched for age and time since delivery showed no significant differences in thyroid function or the presence of thyroid antibodies.
Postpartum thyroiditis has been suggested as a cause of psychosis following pregnancy. However, 30 hospitalized psychotic postpartum women and 30 control subjects matched for age and time since delivery showed no significant differences in thyroid function or the presence of thyroid antibodies.